Paper roll holding fixture



Jan. 13, 1948. B. PEDERSON PAPER ROLL HOLDING FIXTURE Filed Oct. 51 1945 Patented Jan. 13, 1948 TATES PATENT OFFICE PAPER ROLL HOLDING FIXTURE Ben Pederson, Chicago, Ill. Application October 31, 1945, Serial No. 625,809

7 Claims.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a simple and novel fixture which, without the use of tools, may be mounted underneath a wash bowl so as to support a roll of toilet paper in a location where it is out of the way and yet within easy and convenient reaching distance from an adjacent toilet seat.

The most common way of installing wash bowls is to place them near walls from which small pipes protrude horizontally underneath the bowls, such pipes being connected by elbows to vertical pipes leading to the faucets associated with the bowls. In carrying out the primary object of my invention, I provide an axle or journal member, adapted to extend through the usual central hole in a roll of paper, with a loop by which it may be attached at one end to one of the said vertical pipes and rest on the annular shoulder afforded by the elbow around the lower end of the same. In one of its aspects, the present invention may therefore be said to have for its object the production of a simple and novel fixture that can readily be mounted on one of the water-supplying pipes, commonly found underneath wash bowls, to support a roll of paper.

In a broad sense, the vertical pipe on which I mount my fixture may be said to be a vertical spindle, so that the present invention, in one of its aspects, may be said to have for its object to produce a simple and novel roll-supporting fixture that may be quickly and easily attached to a spindle of any kind and located anywhere.

The various features of novelty whereby the present invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the appended claims; but, for a full understanding of the invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation view of a part of a conventional wash stand having a roll of paper, on a fixture embodying my invention in a preferred form, mounted underneath the same; Fig. 2 is a view, on a larger scale, similar to Fig. 1, but showing only the fixture and a fragment of the supporting pipe or spindle; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section through the fixture; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the strap element of the fixture; and Fig. 6 is an edge view, on a still larger scale, of one end of the strap.

Referring to the drawing, i represents a rigid tube composed of any suitable material, about as long as a roll of toilet paper and preferably an inch or thereabout in diameter. Cooperating with this tube is a thin metal strap or band 2 having a Width substantially less than the diameter of the tube. The strap is bent into a hair pin shape, with the main bend 3 taking the form of an arc of a circle of about the same diameter as the pipe or other spindle to which the fixture is to be attached; the length of the are being preferably somewhat greater than a semicircle. At the free ends of the strap are outwardly directed flanges or projections 4 that are adapted to engage with the edge of the tube at the adjacent end of the latter when the device is in use. These flanges or projections may take any form; but if they are created by folding back a narrow marginal portion at an extreme end of the strap and then rolling or winding up that end until a bead composed of three or more layers results, as shown, the efiective lengths of the legs of the doubled strap may be increased by unwinding or unrolling the beads. This can easily be done with a pair of pliers. 7

There is still a third piece required; this consisting preferably of a fairly long pin 5 having a fiat head 6 of large diameter on one end and tapered somewhat at the other end. The diameter of the pin is such that, when the pin is pushed into the tube between the free ends of the legs of the strap, it forces the latter apart far enough to cause the lugs or projections to be locked in their working positions and the pin itself to be wedged into place. The head on the pin is large enough to keep a roll of paper from slipping over 7 it off at that end of the tube; while the frictional hold of the strap legs on the pin prevents the pin from being pulled out through pressure of the paper roll against the head.

In Figs. 1 to 3 the manner of mounting the fixture underneath a wash bowl is illustrated;

A being the bowl from which rises a faucet B. Water is delivered to the faucet through a small vertical pipe C, under the bowl, connected by an elbow D to a horizontal pipe section issuing from the wall behind the bowl. To mount the fixture, the strap is taken out of the tube and is slipped on pipe C, which thus constitutes a spindle, to bring the latter into the loop 3. The tube is then slipped over the legs of the strap which are then spread, preferably automatically, until the lugs or projections thereon engage with the edge face of the tube at its outer end. The loop is thus tightened about the pipe which is pressed firmly against the adjacent end of the tube. The tube, it will be noted, rests on the annular shoulder d, at the lower end of pipe C,

provided by the elbow. When a. roll of paper E is placed on the tube, the weight thereof is transmitted directly to the elbow by the tube, the strap acting simply as a sling or tension device to keep the tube from pulling away from the pipe. After the roll is in place, the pin is inserted in the end of the tube, so that the roll'cannot drop off. When a new roll is needed, the pin is pulled out, the substitution made, and the pin put back.

Should pipe C be larger than ordinary;v the effective lengths or the legs of the hair pin strap may be increased, in the manner heretofore explained, to provide the, additional material needed to embrace the pipe. I

The fixture need not be so tightly fastened as to be unmovable on the pipe, but may have the capacity to swing about the pipe as an axis.

Therefore, the fixture may be swung into any i position which may be most satisfactory at any given time, namely, a forward or a rearward position, or a position under the bowl or projecting laterally therefrom.

Obviously, the fixture may be used elsewhere than underneath a wash bowl, as long as there is or can be made available a spindle and a shoulder, corresponding to pipe C and the elbow. In fact, it may be of especial advantage in some situations-to be able to swing a roll between two positions at right angles to each other as, for. example, positions which are, respectively, at right angles to and parallel to a wall- While the strap may be made of, material thin enough to permit the rolling or folding to form. lugs or projections of several layers. heavier stock may also be used if desired. Also, itv isv advantageous to have springy strap material and so to shape the bent strapthat the free ends tend to spread apart farther than the diameter of the tube; for then, upon making; the assembly on the spindle, the projections on the strap will snap into locking positions as soon as they emerge from the end of the tube, to effect a temporary lock, at least, until the pin can be plugged in.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the precise details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements that come within the definitions of: my inventi n constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fixture comprising a tube, a flexible strap bent into a hair pin form and extending through the interior of the tube, and lateral projections on the freeends of the strap forenga-gement with the edge of the tube at one end of the latter, the strap being long enough to allow it. to proiect beyond the other end ofthe tubeas a loop to, surround a support and clamp the fixture to the; support.

2..A fixture comprising a tube, a strapbent into the form of u considerably longer than the tube adapted to extend through the interior of the-latter, projections on the free endsof the strap to engage the edge of the tube at one end of the latter while the closed end of the U extends beyond the opposite end, and a member adapted to be forced into the tube between the free ends of the strap to hold them apart, said member having thereon a large head to prevent a. roll of paper on the tube from slipping ofi at that end of the fixture.

3. A fixture as set forth in claim 2, wherein the projection on each free end of the strap is formed: by folding the strap material back upon itself to produce a bead" containing several layers, to permit an increase of the efiective length of the strap by partially unfolding the projec- 13101155 4. In combination, a stationary vertical spindle having a shoulder thereon, a horizontal tube resting at one end on said shoulder and bearing at its end face against said spindle, a flexible hair pin strap embracing the spindle with the latter fitting in the bend in the strap, and having its. legs extending into the tube, and means to lock said legs to the tube to clamp the spindle against the tube andprevent removal of. the tube.

5. In combination, a stationary vertical spindle having .a shoulder. thereon, a horizontal tube resting at one end on said shoulder and having its edge face at that end bearing against the spindle, a, hair pin strap having the bend therein fitting against and partially embracing the Spindle and having its legs'extending through the tube from the inner end. to the outer end of the atter, and. projections on the free ends of the strap in position to be. hooked over the edge of the.- wallv of the tube at the outer end. of the latter to clamp said spindle against the inner end. of the tube.

6. Thacombination as set forth in claim 5 having, in addition. a. pin. fitting: tightly in the outer end of the tube between and in contactwith the legs of the strap and. provided with ahead substantially larger in diameter than the tube. V

7. A. fixturecomprising, a hollow mandrel for insertion in a rol of paper and a flexible Str p bent into hairpin form, the ends of the strap being bent laterally-,toform lugs, and Said mandrel, having thereon shoulders for engagement With,Sa'idlugswhen the legs of. the hairpin are inserted into-oneend .of the mandrel and pushed inwarda predetermined distance, the parts being so proportionedthat the closed end of the hair pinprotrudcs from aid end-. f the mandrel far enough to form a loop adapted to surround a supporting; member and clamp it to said end of the. mandrel.

BEN PEDEBSON.

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